Camp As Sayliyah · Qatar
America brought them to safety. Now it is closing the door.
More than a thousand vetted Afghan allies and their families are stranded at a U.S.-run camp in Qatar that Washington now plans to close, with nowhere safe to send them. Here is what is happening, and how to help.
Last updated August 31, 2026
In brief
Vetted, flown to Qatar, and left waiting.
The United States vetted these families, flew them out on U.S. government flights, and told them Camp As Sayliyah would be a brief stop on the way to America. Then it froze the pathways that were supposed to carry them the rest of the way.
Now the government plans to close the camp. An initial March 31, 2026 deadline to move residents to a third country came and went with no transfers, and the families still have not been told where they would go. Meanwhile the United States spends roughly $15 million a month to keep them in place. The humane and honorable path is the one we started: finish the relocations, or move these allies somewhere safe while their approved cases are completed.
Our commitment
We are not walking away from our mission partners.
These men, women, and children kept faith with the United States. AfghanEvac will keep faith with them. We will not stay quiet while vetted allies are held at a closing camp and threatened with removal to a country they have never seen. We will keep pressing, in the press, in Congress, and in the courts, until every one of them has a safe and honorable path forward.
What you can do
Three ways to help right now.
Get the facts
Read the full fact sheet, then share it with your networks and your representatives. Reporters, everything you need is there.
Read the fact sheet →Call on Congress
Tell your members of Congress that vetted allies and U.S. military families cannot be abandoned at a closing camp. Our policy page shows where things stand.
See the policy agenda →Fund the fight
Your support keeps AfghanEvac pressing for these families in the press, in Congress, and in court. Every dollar moves the work forward.
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Every number, source, and development in one place.
The full Camp As Sayliyah fact sheet covers who is there, how they were vetted, the security situation, the closure timeline, and the third-country proposals, with sourcing built for reporters and congressional staff.